Train Ridership Increases 26 Percent (WGAL 8 Susquehanna Valley)
PennDOT said more commuters in the Susquehanna Valley are taking the train. Ridership on Amtrak's Harrisburg to Philadelphia Keystone Line continues to increase.
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Amtrak's Seattle-L.A. overnight service jumps 27 percent in July (Los Angeles Business Journal)
Citing higher fuel costs and problems with America's airlines, Amtrak said its Coast Starlight overnight train service between Seattle and Los Angeles was its most popular overnight train in the month of July with more than 47,000 passengers, a 27.7 percent increase from a year earlier.
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Amtrak's Capitol Corridor ridership rises in July (East Bay Business Times)
Ridership on Amtrak’s Capitol Corridor between Auburn and San Jose carried 161,731 passengers in July, an increase of 32.6 percent compared to July 2007 -- a significant bump in a month that saw similar increases on other lines throughout the nation.
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The Deerpath keeps chugging along the railroad tracks (Lake Forester)
As the 7:20 a.m. leaves the Waukegan train station, the last car tucked behind the engine looks oddly out of place.
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Driven to ride (The Fresno Bee)
Soaring gas prices and summer vacations have pushed Amtrak ridership to a record high in the central San Joaquin Valley and across the country.
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Briefs (Columbia Star)
Jobless S.C.'s unemployment rate jumped to 7.0 percent in July, up almost a full percentage point from June's 6.1 percent. N.C.'s unemployment rate for July was 6.6 percent. The national unemployment rate for July was 5.7 percent. The lowest unemployment rate in S.C. for July was Lexington County's 5.2 percent. The highest was in Allendale County at 15.9 percent.
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Gas prices boost Amtrak ridership (The Argus-Press)
DURAND - As gas prices in Michigan continue to hover near the $4 mark, many commuters are now turning to Amtrak as an alternative mode of long-distance transportation.
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Keystone Line railroad gets new Web site (Philadelphia Business Journal)
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced the launch of a new Web site on Thursday for the Keystone Line, which runs between New York and Harrisburg by way of Philadelphia.
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Gas driving passengers to the rails (The Charlotte Observer)
Our story is about trains, but it starts with cars. As in, there are a lot more of them parked at Charlotte's Amtrak station these days.
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PennDOT Launches Keystone Line Web Site (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Highlights Benefits, Options, Schedule
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